Do you know of Hanford ???

This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Hanford. When we encounter a name that is new to us, we add it to our Gazetteer with the hope that we'll discover more information in the future. Such is the case with Hanford.

Our sources for Hanford (see Mentions and References below) indicate that it was a community with a post office by the same name. Unfortunately our sources aren't clear about the location of Hanford other than they indicate that Hanford would be found somewhere in Mecklenburg County, Virginia.

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1880 and closed  in 1910.

This entry could have originated in error. It might be that a source had a misprint, was simply wrong or we made a transcription error while referencing it. Many of the documents we reference are from the 1800s and the early 1900s, with some easier to read than others.

Part of the difficulty in identifying whether a name is a post office or a community lies with how Post Offices were named. We've prepared an article with our understanding of how post offices were named: Naming of Post Offices.

Communities Also Named Hanford ...

We found seven communities that share the name Hanford.

Within Virginia, the name Hanford is unique.

Beyond Virginia, we know of another seven communities that are located throughout in the United States.

• Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
  • California
    • Kings County
    • Please visit our profile page for the California community of Hanford [Kings County].
  • Iowa
    • Cerro Gordo County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Iowa community of Hanford [Cerro Gordo County].
  • Maine
    • Aroostook County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Maine community of Hanford [Aroostook County].
  • Mississippi
    • Lamar County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Mississippi community of Hanford [Lamar County].
  • New Jersey
    • Sussex County
    • Please visit our profile page for the New Jersey community of Hanford [Sussex County].
  • Ohio
    • Franklin County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Hanford [Franklin County].
  • Washington
    • Benton County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Washington community of Hanford [Benton County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Hanford ...

We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Hanford:

Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<1>

Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Hanford - Services available: had a Post Office, no Railroad mentioned

Rand McNally Map of Virginia (1911)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

More Orphans in  Mecklenburg County ...

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As we explained above, when we encounter a name that might be a community or a post office we add it to our Gazetteer. If we have little information to go with the name, we call them Orphans. Below are Orphans that we believe to be located in Mecklenburg County.